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MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
Fourth Semester Degree Examination, June 2016
First Degree Programme under CBCSS
Language Course: English IV, AUEN411.4 (Career Related)
English AUEN411.1 AUEN411.2 (B.A. B.Sc.)
Readings in Literature
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions each in a word or in a sentence.
1. From which play is the title „Fail Not Our Feast" borrowed
2. What is the great pleasure of ignorance
3. Where was "The Men in Asbestos" first published
4. Name the scientist who prepared a private programme for Multivac
5. Who was "tall, slim and vivacious"
6. Who is the mute listener in Tithonus
7. Name the Shakespearean hero who was a victim of indecision.
8. What sort of danger was the asbestos man afraid of
9. What is the theme of "The Wind Tapped Like a Tired Man"
10. Which Shakespearean character is ruminating "Marina"
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. Why is ignorance not altogether miserable
12. Why does King believe that the Negro is not free in his own country
13. How does the narrator in "The Man in Asbestos" define himself
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14. How did Pamela Dare enter the classroom
15. What is alliteration Give an example.
16. What was the duty assigned to Lucy Gray by her father
17. What should we do to meet God
18. What makes little Frieda excited
19. Why did Rosemary comb herself before she came to her husband
20. What was the fruit of the great conquest of Nature
21. Why was the Postmaster dumbfounded
22. What are referred to as "dark river of blood"
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words.
23. Why are the Negroes of America dissatisfied
24. What is surgical education
25. Which is the real machine that did win the war How
26. What was the tragedy that befell parents How did they resign to it
27. When did the Prince become Happy
28. Write a brief character sketch of Rosemary.
29. What was Shatz waiting for Why
30. Give a short account of Ratan‟s dedication to the Postmaster.
31. How could Behrman paint his master-piece
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, each in about 300 words.
32. Comment on the Appropriateness of the title "Fail Not Our Feast".
33. Martin Luther dream of America as a great nation.
34. Consider „The Last as a comment on the mutually complementing nature of Art and Life.
35. Consider „Tithonus‟ as a dramatic monologue.
15 30 Marks)